Securidaca

Family of shrubs


title: "Securidaca" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["polygalaceae", "polygalaceae-genera", "pantropical-flora", "taxonomy-articles-created-by-polbot", "botanical-taxa-named-by-carl-linnaeus"] description: "Family of shrubs" topic_path: "general/polygalaceae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securidaca" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Family of shrubs ::

|image = Securidaca longipedunculata MS 1933.JPG |image_caption = S. longipedunculata |taxon = Securidaca |authority = L. |synonyms =

  • Badiera Hassk.
  • Corytholobium Mart. ex Benth.
  • Elsota Adans.
  • Lophostylis Hochst.
  • Rodschiedia Miq. |synonyms_ref =

Securidaca is a genus of shrubs and lianas in the family Polygalaceae. It is native to tropical Africa, SE Asia and the Americas from Mexico and the West Indies to Paraguay.

Species

59 species are accepted.

References

References

  1. "''Securidaca'' L.". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].
  2. "Neotropical Polygalaceae - Neotropikey from Kew".

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